Intro to Farming
These are the conditions that are best for farming.
What is flat, wet, and warm.
This one of the US states that gets its water from the Ogallala Aquifer.
What is Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico/Kansas/Colorado/Nebraska/South Dakota/Wyoming
These chemicals that farmers spray on their crops to keep insects away can end up in our food or water supply.
What are pesticides.
This type of agriculture occurs when a large amount of one cash crop is produced.
What is plantation agriculture.
What is "Agriculture is good for the world."
This needs to be turned over prior to planting in order to allow water nutrients and oxygen to flow through it.
What is the soil.
The Ogallala Aquifer is know as the "Tragedy of the _______" because of the misuse of the water supply that many people rely on.
What is the "Commons"
The human population is doing this, making agriculture necessary to supply us with food.
What is growing.
This type of agriculture produces small scale crops for smaller markets, but can make the farmers lots of money in the process.
What is market gardening.
Pesticides are harmful for humans is considered this component of CEA writing.
What is evidence?
This is a part of agriculture in which animals are kept in one place for food, work, and breeding.
What is domesticating animals.
Why is the Ogallala Aquifer drying up so quickly?
Farmers from the Great Plains are disproportionately using the water from the aquifer for farming.
When rainoff washes pesticides into the world's oceans, these areas of the ocean where no living thing can survive can occur.
What are dead zones.
This type of agriculture is when a small amount of crops are produced for only one family, tribe, or small group.
What is subsistence farming.
This is evidence that would support the claim that agriculture is bad for the world.
What is: runoff, the Ogllala Aquifer tragedy of the commons, pesticides, deforestation, etc........
When humans began to farm, they abandoned this practice of acquiring food.
What is hunting and gathering? (Also acceptable: nomad/nomadic).
This is why people from Waukesha WI should care about the Ogallala Aquifer.
What is a large percentage of the food we eat comes from farms that use water from the Ogallala Aquifer.
What is deforestation.
Mixed Crop/Livestock farming is usually done in these types of climates.
What are colder climates?
Agriculture wastes water resources is considered this component of CEA writing.
What is a claim?
Humans were free to do this once they began engaging in agriculture.
What is specialization.
This is a strategy to help the Ogallala Aquifer retain more water.
What is : Use better irrigation techniques; plant crops that use less water; build less urban areas in the Great Plains; apply tax incentives for farmers who use less water.
These ecological zones, which filter our water supply of toxins and provide habitats for many organisms, often get cleared when preparing land for agriculture.
What are wetlands.
Which types of agriculture use feedlots to fatten up their livestock?
"The more trees that are taken away to clear land for farming reduces the amount of oxygen that is released into the atmosphere while also increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere," is an example of this component of CEA writing.
What is analysis.